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The Unregistered and the Uncounted

A Man

Kido’s legal work on missing records reveals how administrative systems can erase people both from public recognition and from histories of disaster.

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A Child Outside the RegisterA Child Outside the Register from "A Man". The Three-Hundred-Day Problem A legal rule Nakakita explains how children born within three hundred days of divorce may be assigned to a former husband…
The Three-Hundred-Day Problem A legal rule Nakakita explains how children born within three hundred days of divorce may be assigned to a former husband, leaving some births unregistered. Existence without recognition The child may live in society while remaining absent from the state’s records. The issue makes the family register’s power and limits newly visible.
Lives Missing After the TsunamiLives Missing After the Tsunami from "A Man". An Uncounted Loss Disaster records Kido hears that some tsunami victims could not be identified in official records because they had no family register.
An Uncounted Loss Disaster records Kido hears that some tsunami victims could not be identified in official records because they had no family register. A second disappearance The state may fail to record both a person’s arrival and death. This possibility changes Kido’s thinking about what might have happened to Daisuké.
A System Built for ControlA System Built for Control from "A Man". The Register’s Long History From administration to identity Kido and Nakakita discuss how registers served taxation, policing, and religious oversight before…
The Register’s Long History From administration to identity Kido and Nakakita discuss how registers served taxation, policing, and religious oversight before becoming modern identity records. Exclusion by design People outside the register have repeatedly become difficult for the state to recognize. The historical discussion links paperwork to belonging and power.
Exchange as a ServiceExchange as a Service from "A Man". The Broker’s Business A criminal precedent A court case shows that two men can deliberately exchange registers, with a middleman arranging the transaction.
The Broker’s Business A criminal precedent A court case shows that two men can deliberately exchange registers, with a middleman arranging the transaction. A new investigative model Kido realizes X may have used a network rather than invented an identity alone. The case turns legal paperwork into a marketable commodity.
Restored Records, Unrestored LivesRestored Records, Unrestored Lives from "A Man". A Legal Correction The court’s ruling Rié’s marriage record is annulled and Daisuké is restored as legally alive, while Rié returns to her maiden name.
A Legal Correction The court’s ruling Rié’s marriage record is annulled and Daisuké is restored as legally alive, while Rié returns to her maiden name. The human remainder The correction cannot tell Rié who her husband was or repair the years that have passed. Hana’s changed legal status makes the remedy bittersweet.
Late 2013
After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami
During the office conversation
During Kido’s 2013 investigation
August 2013 and afterward